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Contact details and competences of the national authorities, by Member State.

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Crew qualification Generaldirektion Wasserstraßen und Schifffahrt - Federal Waterways and Shipping Agency (competent for Union certificates of qualification for boatmasters; specific authorisations)
Am Propsthof 51, 53121 Bonn, Germany
Issue, renew and withdraw certificates and specific authorisations
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt - Waterways and Shipping Office WSA Ems- Nordsee
a) Am Eisenbahndock 3, 26725 Emden, Germanyb) Herzog-Arenberg-Str. 66, 49716 Meppen, Germany
Issue, renew and withdraw certificates and specific authorisations Issue and renew service record books Issue and renew vessel logbooks Suspend crew certificates Validate navigation time in service record books
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt - Waterways and Shipping Office WSA Weser- Jade-Nordsee
a) Franziuseck 5, 28199 Bremen, Germanyb) Am Alten Vorhafen 1, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germanyc) Mozartstraße 32, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Issue, renew and withdraw certificates and specific authorisations Issue and renew service record books Issue and renew vessel logbooks Suspend crew certificates Validate navigation time in service record books
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt - Waterways and Shipping Office WSA Elbe- Nordsee
a) Moorweidenstraße 14, 20148 Hamburg, Germanyb) Am Alten Hafen 2, 27472 Cuxhaven, Germanyc) Am Hafen 40, 25832 Tönning, Germany
Issue, renew and withdraw certificates and specific authorisations Issue and renew service record books Issue and renew vessel logbooks Suspend crew certificates Validate navigation time in service record books
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt - Waterways and Shipping Office WSA Nord- Ostsee-Kanal
a) Alte Zentrale 4, 25541 Brunsbüttel, Germanyb) Schleuseninsel 2, 24159 Kiel, Germanyc) Kanalufer 16, 24768 Rendsburg, Germany
Issue, renew and withdraw certificates and specific authorisations Issue and renew service record books Issue and renew vessel logbooks Suspend crew certificates Validate navigation time in service record books
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt - Waterways and Shipping Office WSA Ostsee
a) Moltkeplatz 17, 23566 Lübeck, Germanyb) Wamper Weg 5, 18439 Stralsund, Germany
Issue, renew and withdraw certificates and specific authorisations Issue and renew service record books Issue and renew vessel logbooks Suspend crew certificates Validate navigation time in service record books
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt - Waterways and Shipping Office
a) Vorstadt 74-76, 55411 Bingen, Germanyb) An der Münze 8, 50668 Köln, Germanyc) Königstr. 84, 47198 Duisburg, Germany
Issue, renew and withdraw certificates and specific authorisations Issue and renew service record books Issue and renew vessel logbooks Suspend crew certificates Validate navigation time in service record books
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification WSA Rhein Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt - Waterways and Shipping Office WSA Oberrhein
a) Stefan-Meier-Straße 4-6, 79104 Freiburg, Germanyb) C 8, 3, 68159 Mannheim, Germany
Issue, renew and withdraw certificates and specific authorisations
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt - Waterways and Shipping Office WSA Mosel- Saar-Lahn
a) Schartwiesenweg 4, 56070 Koblenz, Germanyb) Bismarckstraße 133, 66121 Saarbrücken, Germanyc) Güterstraße 37, 54295 Trier, Germany
Issue, renew and withdraw certificates and specific authorisations Issue and renew service record books Issue and renew vessel logbooks Suspend crew certificates Validate navigation time in service record books
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt - Waterways and Shipping Office WSA Neckar
a) Vangerowstraße 12, 69115 Heidelberg, Germanyb) Heilbronner Straße 190, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany
Issue, renew and withdraw certificates and specific authorisations Issue and renew service record books Issue and renew vessel logbooks Suspend crew certificates Validate navigation time in service record books
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt - Waterways and Shipping Office WSA Main
a) Obernauer Straße 6, 63739 Aschaffenburg, Germanyb) Mainberger Straße 8, 97422 Schweinfurt, Germany
Issue, renew and withdraw certificates and specific authorisations Issue and renew service record books Issue and renew vessel logbooks Suspend crew certificates Validate navigation time in service record books
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt - Waterways and Shipping Office WSA Donau MDK
a) Marientorgraben 1, 90402 Nürnberg, Germanyb) Erlanger Str. 1, 93059 Regensburg, Germany
Issue, renew and withdraw certificates and specific authorisations Issue and renew service record books Issue and renew vessel logbooks Suspend crew certificates Validate navigation time in service record books
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt - Waterways and Shipping Office WSA Westdeutsche Kanäle
a) Emmericher Straße 201, 47138 Duisburg-Meiderich, Germanyb) Münsterstraße 77, 48431 Rheine, Germany
Issue, renew and withdraw certificates and specific authorisations Issue and renew service record books Issue and renew vessel logbooks Suspend crew certificates Validate navigation time in service record books
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt - Waterways and Shipping Office WSA Mittellandkanal / Elbe-Seitenkanal
a) Ludwig-Winter-Str. 5, 38120 Braunschweig, Germanyb) Am Hohen Ufer 1 - 3, 32425 Minden, Germanyc) Greyerstr. 12, 29525 Uelzen, Germanyd) Am Waterlooplatz 9, 30169 Hannover, Germany
Issue, renew and withdraw certificates and specific authorisations Issue and renew service record books Issue and renew vessel logbooks Suspend crew certificates Validate navigation time in service record books
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt - Waterways and Shipping Office WSA Weser
a) Kasseler Straße 5, 34346 Hann. Münden, Germanyb) Hohe Leuchte 30, 27283 Verden, Germany
Issue, renew and withdraw certificates and specific authorisations Issue and renew service record books Issue and renew vessel logbooks Suspend crew certificates Validate navigation time in service record books
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt - Waterways and Shipping Office WSA Elbe
a) Moritzburger Straße 3, 01127 Dresden, Germanyb) Fürstenwallstraße 19/20, 39104 Magdeburg, Germanyc) Dornhorster Weg 52, 21481 Lauenburg, Germany
Issue, renew and withdraw certificates and specific authorisations Issue and renew service record books Issue and renew vessel logbooks Suspend crew certificates Validate navigation time in service record books
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt - Waterways and Shipping Office WSA Spree- Havel
a) Mehringdamm 129, 10965 Berlin, Germanyb) Brielower Landstraße 1, 14772 Brandenburg a. d. Havel, Germany
Issue, renew and withdraw certificates and specific authorisations Issue and renew service record books Issue and renew vessel logbooks Suspend crew certificates Validate navigation time in service record books
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt - Waterways and Shipping Office WSA Oder- Havel
Schneidemühlenweg 21, 16225 Eberswalde, Germany
Issue, renew and withdraw certificates and specific authorisations Issue and renew service record books Issue and renew vessel logbooks Suspend crew certificates Validate navigation time in service record books
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Generaldirektion Wasserstraßen und Schifffahrt - Federal Waterways and Shipping Agency (first logbook)
Am Propsthof 51, 53121 Bonn, Germany
Issue and renew vessel logbooks
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Generaldirektion Wasserstraßen und Schifffahrt - Federal Waterways and Shipping Agency (competent for suspending Union certificates of qualification for boatmasters)
Am Propsthof 51, 53121 Bonn, Germany
Suspend crew certificates
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Generaldirektion Wasserstraßen und Schifffahrt - Federal Waterways and Shipping Agency (at management level)
Am Propsthof 51, 53121 Bonn, Germany
Organise examinations as administrative authority
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Industrie- und Handelskammer Magdeburg - Chamber of Industry and Commerce Magdeburg (at operational level)
Alter Markt 8, 39104 Magdeburg, Germany
Organise examinations as administrative authority
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Niederrheinische Industrie- und Handelskammer Duisburg-Wesel-Kleve zu Duisburg- Lower Rhine Chamber of Industry and Commerce Duisburg- Wesel-Kleve at Duisburg (at operational level)
Mercatorstraße 22-24, 47051 Duisburg, Germany
Organise examinations as administrative authority
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr - Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (for certificates of qualification referred to in Art. 4)
Robert-Schuman-Platz 1, 53175 Bonn, Germany
Approve the training programmes
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Generaldirektion Wasserstraßen und Schifffahrt - Federal Waterways and Shipping Agency (for certificates of qualification referred to in Art. 5)
Am Propsthof 51, 53121 Bonn, Germany
Approve the training programmes
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Generaldirektion Wasserstraßen und Schifffahrt - Federal Waterways and Shipping Agency
Am Propsthof 51, 53121 Bonn, Germany
Approve simulators Keep the register of crew documents Detect and combat fraud and other unlawful practices
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR
Crew qualification Generaldirektion Wasserstraßen und Schifffahrt - Federal Waterways and Shipping Agency (only renewal of existing admissions recognised by legal act)
Am Propsthof 51, 53121 Bonn, Germany
Determine the medical practitioners who issue medical certificates
Directive (EU) 2017/2397 + RPR